I’ve written previously about my disappointment with the value of a college education. Now I found this very well written article entitled, “America’s Most Overrated Product: the Bachelor’s Degree”. A few excerpts: Among high-school students who graduated in the bottom
Month: April 2008
Jimmy Carter and Realism
Our favorite senile jackass: Jimmy Carter. Some people just don’t know when it’s time to head out to pasture… Hat tip to Todd Imwalle
Noonan’s Views
Walt Wood forwarded this article from Peggy Noonan to me… Why do we do this when you know I am not a terrorist, and you know I know you know I am not a terrorist? … Our politicians congratulate themselves
Confessional
A guy goes into confession and says to the priest, “Father, I’m 80 years old, widower, with 11 grandchildren. Last night I met two beautiful flight attendants. They took me home and I made love to both of them. Twice.” The
The Focus of University Leadership
Update – A provocative article from Thomas Sowell entitled the “Economics of College“. Sowell makes some fascinating observations for the reason that college costs so much: There are two basic reasons. The first is that people will pay what the colleges
Little Old Lady at the Sex Shop
A little old lady, well into her eighties, slowly enters the front door of a sex shop. Obviously very unstable on her feet, she wobbles the few feet across the store to the counter. Finally arriving at the counter and
Free Kittens
Little Suzy had a box of very small kittens that she was trying to give away, so she had them out on the street corner with a sign ‘FREE KITTENS’ next to them. Suddenly a big line of big black
Comparison of Presidential Positions
All three of the leading candidates have answered ten questions on issues ranging from international affairs to domestic issues in this 2008 Presidential Questionnaire at the The Simon Wiesenthal Center: Click this link to download the 17-page PDF document. Hat
One-Way Trip to Mars
NASA was interviewing professionals they were considering to send to Mars. The touchy part was that only one guy could go and it would be a one way trip, the guy never returning to Earth. The interviewer asked the first applicant,
Crimes and Race
An interesting posting at Volokh Conspiracy about the distribution of crimes among major races in the United States: In 2007, about 72,000 persons were convicted of federal crimes. Here’s the breakdown of the defendants by race in the 95% or